1865. 11 April.Coromandel District.Tenei Pukapuka i tuhituhia i tenei te tekau ma tahi o nga ra o Aperira i te tau o to tatou Ariki 1865 he Pukapuka tino hoko tino hoatu tino tuku whakaoti atu na matou na nga Rangatira me nga Tangata o Ngatiwhanaunga no ratou nga ingoa Tawhitirahi. e mau i raro nei a hei whakaatu tenei Pukapuka mo matou mo o matou whanaunga me o matou uri mo te tuhituhinga o o matou ingoa ki tenei pukapuka i raro i te ra e whiti nei kua whakarerea rawatia kua tino tukuna rawatia atu ki a Wikitoria Kuini o Ingarani ki ona uri ki nga Kingi ki nga Kuini o muri iho i a ia me ana me a ratou e whakarite ai hei whakaritenga mo nga Pauna moni Kotahi Rau Kotahi tekau Ma wha kua utua ki a matou e Hemi Pirihi mo te Kuini (a e whakaaetia nei e matou te rironga mai o aua moni) ko taua wahi whenua katoa kei Waiau ko Tawhitirahi te ingoa o taua wahi whenua ko nga rohe kei raro i te Pukapuka nei e mau ana te korero whakahaere ko te mapi hoki o taua whenua kua apititia ki tenei. Me ona rakau me ona kowhatu me ona wai me ona awa nui me ona roto me ona awa ririki me nga mea katoa o taua whenua o runga ranei o raro ranei i te mata o taua whenua me o matou tikanga me o matou take me o matou paanga katoatanga ki taua wahi; Kia mau tonu ki a Kuini Wikitoria ki ona uri ki ana ranei e whakarite ai hei tino mau tonu ake tonu atu. A hei tohu mo to matou whakaaetanga ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhituhia nei o matou ingoa me o matou tohu. A hei tohu hoki mo te whakaaetanga o te Kuini o Ingarani mo tana wahi ki nga tikanga katoa o tenei Pukapuka kua tuhia nei te ingoa o Hemi Pirihi (James Preece) Boundaries. [570 acres.] Kaiwhakarite Whenua. Ko nga rohe enei o taua whenua ka timata i te taha whakararo i te awa o Waiau haere tonu i te awa o Tawhitirahi me to rohe whakarunga o te whenua o te Awakanae ki te maunga o Tawhitirahi, haere tonu ki runga ki te iwi maunga o Tawhitirahi ki te matapuna o te awa o Waiau—ka haere tonu ki roto ki te awa o Waiau ki te wahi i timata ai

1865. 11 April.Coromandel District.This Deed written on this eleventh-day of April in the Year of our Lord 1865 is a full and final sale conveyance and surrender by us the Chiefs and People of the Tribe Ngatiwhanaunga whose names are hereunto subscribed And Witnesseth that on behalf of ourselves our relatives and descendants we have by signing this Deed under the shining sun of this day parted with and for ever transferred unto Tawhitirahi. Victoria Queen of England Her Heirs the Kings and Queens who may succeed Her and Her and Their Assigns for ever in consideration of the Sum of one hundred and fourteen Pounds (£114 - 0 - 0) to us paid by James Preeee Esquire Deputy Land Purchase Commissioner on behalf of the Queen Victoria (and we hereby acknowledge the receipt of the said monies) all that piece of our Land situated at Waiau, Coromandel, and named Tawhitirahi the boundaries whereof are set forth at the foot of this Deed and a plan of which Land is annexed thereto with its trees minerals waters rivers lakes streams and all appertaining to the said Land or beneath the surface of the said Land and all our right title claim and interest whatsoever thereon To Hold to Queen Victoria Her Heirs and Assigns as a lasting possession absolutely for ever and ever. And in testimony of our consent to all the conditions of this Deed we have hereunto subscribed our names and marks. And in testimony of the consent of the Queen of England on her part to all the conditions of this Deed the name of James Preece Esquire D.L.P.C. Commissioner is hereunto subscribed. These are the boundaries of the Land commencing Boundaries. [570 acres.] at the river Waiau on the north, thence by the Tawhitirahi stream and the southern boundary of the Awakanae block, to the Tawhitirahi hill, thence along the Tawhitirahi range to the source of the river Waiau, thence down the course of the river Waiau to the point of commencement